Long-Haired Hare

If you were to ask me, "Who do you prefer, Daffy or Bugs?", I would immediately say Daffy. However, I do have to admit that sometimes Bugs Bunny can put on a very good performance and this is one of them.

In this, Bugs Bunny is playing a number of instruments on a hillside and singing. At the bottom of the hill, a famous opera singer is trying to practise for a big concert later on. He is constantly distracted by Bugs and takes revenge mercilessly. Bugs is determined to have HIS revenge...

I like this because of the plot, the humour, the opera and singing.

I recommend this to people who like Bugs Bunny in anything and who can bear with opera. Enjoy! :-)

I love the bugs vs Elmer opera cartoons. My two year old daughter loves them too which means I have seen this about 30 times. This one of the ones I still like to watch but if splitting hairs I'd say not as good as what's opera doc or the rabbit of Seville. Enjoy

Bugs Bunny is happily playing the banjo and singing at his hole. Opera singer Giovanni Jones is practicing at his home nearby and is furious at Bugs for interrupting him. He tracks down Bugs and breaks Bugs' banjo. The conflict escalates and Bugs declares, "This Means War".

The first half is fine. It nicely builds a good conflict. After This Means War, I expected Bugs to take the fight right away to Giovanni's home. The concert is still fine, but the delay does lose some of the steam temporarily. It all comes back with Bugs doing his great conducting. That is another one of Bugs' classic moments.

When I try to decide which is the best Looney Tunes cartoon ever, it's a shoo-in between "Long-Haired Hare" and "What's Opera, Doc?". In "Long-Haired Hare", Bugs Bunny is singing some songs and playing instruments to accompany them, when overstuffed opera singer Giovanni Jones smashes Bugs' instruments and ties him up. Bugs affirms to the camera "Of course you realize this means war." So, when Jones is performing at the Hollywood Bowl, Bugs plays all sorts of tricks on him. Best of all are the hand directions. This is a veritable triumph-of-the-underdog story. You just can't go wrong with the classic Bugs Bunny cartoons. Perfect.

Having just got the "Loony Tunes Golden Collection"(which i HIGHLY recommend, by the way), I'm going to try to comment on most if not all of the cartoons individually. As such the starting statement might seem redundant for those whom read multiple reviews of them, for this i apologize.

Bugs finds a new enemy in Opera singer,Giovanni Jones, when his banjo playing disgruntles the guy. Giovanni gets the first few punches in, but Bugs pays him back in spades later that night. Very funny. The DVD has commentary by Historian Micheal Barrier on this short.

DVD Extras: Disk 1: an introduction by Chuck Jones; The Boy of Termite Terrice part 1; clips from the films "Two Guys from Texas" and "My Dream is Yours", both with Bugs cameos; Bridging sequences for an episode of "the Bugs Bunny show"; the Astro Nuts audio recording session; 2 vintage trailers; "Blooper Bunny: Bugs Bunny 51st and a half anniversary" with optional commentary with writer Greg Ford & stills gallery